Railway-track anchor.



L. F. LORENZI.

RAILWAY TRACK ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1912.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

m 5/ m y WITNESSES ,To all whom it may concern:

STATES PATENT QFFICE.

Loins r. LOBENZI, tor BACINE, rnnnsnvnma RAILWAY-TRACK ANCHOR.

Application filed November l9, 1912. .Serial No. 732,285.

Be it known that I, LoUIs'F. LonENzI, a subject of the Kingof Italy,residing at Ra'- cine, in the county of Beaver and State of-Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway-Track Anchors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention. relates to an improvement in track anchors, and theobject is to provide means which can be fastened to the ties of arailwaytrack at redetermined intervals for the purpose 0% fastening the trackto the road-bed in such a manner that it will prevent the creeping ofthe rails.

.It is a well known fact that in the moving of heavy trains over a roadbed the rails are caused to vibrate thus causing the ties to move fromtheir bed and the rails to creep, all of .which sooner or later causesthe more or less trouble and results in switches, signals, and the likegetting out of order.

" The invention consists of certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andpointedout inthe claims.

- bars 2, 2which are located above the plates 1, and are spaced the samedistance apart. The bars are offset or raised through their centers,andare rovided with 111 3 which engage the base an e 4 of the rails B.

The cars 2 are astened to the ties by spikes 5, 5. Connecting the bars 2and plates 1 are rods 6. The rods passing through-the bars and plates,and the upper ends of the rods are screw-threaded and nuts 7 are screwedonto the ends for fastening the plates and bars together for the purposeof anchoring the rails and'ties to the road bed, prevented fromcreeping.

With an invention of this character the wave motion or vibration of therails caused by a train moving over the rails will be overcome, andfurther the track will be prevented from creepin and causing astretching and breaking o the rails. The bars 2 connecting the tles andrails together, and .the bars and plates being connected together by therods, forms a fastening not only between theties and rails, but alsoformsan anchorage for the track with the'road-bed.

Havin fully described my invention, and what I c aim as new and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a road-bed, ties and rails, of plates located atpredetermined intervals in the road-bed, bars spanning the ends of theties at predetermined intervals and located over the plates, androds'co'nnecting the plates and bars together for fastening the ties andrails to the road-bed.

2. The combination with a road-bed, ties and rails, of plates locatedat. predetermined intervalsin the road-bed, bars spanning the ends ofthe ties at predetermined intervals and located over the plates, lugs onthe bars engaging the base-flanges'of the rails, and

, rods connectin the plates and bars together for fastening t e ties andrails together and anchoring the ties and rails to the road-bed. Intestlmony whereof I afiix my signature,

.in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS r. LORENZI. Witnesses: ADELIA LonnNzI, HUGH C. ALLISON.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913

